Garment-holding attachment for trunks



- PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904-. I D. W, OURTISS; GARMENT HOLDING ATTACHMENTFOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1903.

No MODEL;

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PATENT. OFFICE.

DOROTHY W. CURTISS, OF BROOKLYN, NEWYORK GARMENT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FORTRUNKS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,959, datedJanuary 19, 1904.

Application filed lllaroh 31, 1903. Serial No. 160,365- No mode- To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOROTHY W. (learns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment-HoldingAttachments for Trunks, of which the following is a specification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same;

The object of this invention is to provide a trunk with attachments bymeans of which a skirt or other garment may be held in proper shape andwill not be pressed out of condition or tumbled about or crumpled orfolded up; and with this and other objects in viewthe invention consistsin.a device or devices of the class specified constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the sepa rateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a trunkprovided with my improvement with the top or cover removed; Fig. 2, asimilar view showingone side removed; Fig.3, a view of a detail of theattachment which I employ; Figs. 4 and 5, a plan and sideview,'respectively, of an-,.

other part of the attachment; and Fig. 6, a sectional side view of thedevice as shown in Fig. 5 and showing the parts extended.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at It anordinary trunk or the bottom portion thereof, and said trunk may be ofany desired dimensions and ispreferably of such size as to admit of theplacing of a skirt therein without foldingit in any way.

To the oppositeends a of the trunk are secured vertical rods 1 one ofwhich is shown in detail in Fig. 3, and "these rods are provided attheir ends with loops or eyes 5 through which are passed screws or otherfasteuiugdevices If, and the ends of said rods are formed in such amanner that the body portions thereof set inward from the ends of thetrunk, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Mounted on the rods 6 are a number of .the elastic strap 0 is secured toskirt-holdingdevicesc,wmchconsistofaloop- I v shaped member a, throughwhich the rodsb pass, an elastic strap 0 and buckle 0, connected withsaid strap, and a spring-clamp 0 also connected with'said strap at c.The buckle c is provided with a clamp ci, and one end of the springclamp c-at c and then passed through the buckle andthrough the link 0and then back through the buckle, and the end thereof projectstherethrough, as shown at a", means of this construction the'elasticstrap 0 or that part thereof with which the springclamp c isconnected,'may be shortened or. lengthened, as may be desired.

and by s The spring-clamp 0 may be of the usual or any preferredconstruction, and the buckle c may also be of the usual or any preferredcon. struction, all that is necessary in this connection being toprovide an attachment Ver tically movable on the rod or rods 6 andhaving spring-clamps or similar devices adapted to engage and hold askirt d. Four. of the skirt-holding devices 0 are employed for eachskirt, and all of these devices are connected with and movable on b, andit will be apparent that any desired number of skirts may bethussupported within the trunk, the number of skirts supported depending onthe height of the trunk, and by means of this improvement the skirts maybe held closely adjacent or be placed directly on i the correspondingrods" or over one another, and the rods 6 may be connected with thetrunk in such a manner that the bottom skirt will be closely adjacent toor lie on or approximately on the bottom of the trunk and the top skirtbe flush with the top portion ofthe trunk or the body thereof,

Other garments may be supported in the trunk in a manner similar to thatherein shown and described, and other, articles may also be sosupported, if necessary, and changes in and modifications of theconstruction herein de' scribed may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. 4

It is not absolutely necessar Y that the skirtholding device be movableon rods 6, and other means for securing said devices may be employed.

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described my invention, what Having fuily by Letters 1 claiin'as new,and desire to secure Patent, is-- 1. A. trunk provided at'tlie ends withverticalipai'i'anged rods and skirtdiolding devices vertically movablethereon and comprising a link through which said rods pass, it buckle,an elastic stinp passing thei'etln'ough -ind connected with said link,and a spring-clamp connected with said elastic stmp,- substantially asshown and described 9.. A trunk provided at the corners withvoriLiCEilllY-fiPTfiDgd rods, and garment-holding devices verticallymovable on said rods, and

comprising a linl: through which said rods I 5 pass, a buckle, anelastic strap connected with said buckle and a spring-claim) connectedwith said elastic strap, substantially as shown and described.

in testimony my invention 1 have signed my name,

a that i claim the foregoingas s once of the sul'isci'ibing witnessesthis in presday of March, 1903. v

DOHQTHY W,UURT1SS.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, J. C. Luann.

